Grades were expectedly harsh for Alabama after the Tide lost its second straight game against Sylvester Croom and the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Tide fans were hardest on the quarterbacks, but there were plenty of failing grades to go around.

Be sure and read the user comments at the end of the entry. There are some good ones this week.

"Should have a F- as a category. F overstates their perf.The offen. line can't block old people in coffins. Start Britt at QB. or ask for volunteers out of the stands..."

"Very sad to get beat by an inferior team. Miss State players ran over us and wanted it more. Bama needs to wake up- Season not a total loss but we are sinking quick. SAME OLE BAMA of the last 5 years. Said it all year- We need a QB!!!!! God I pray for a true freshman to start next year. I hate JPW!!!!"

"We fired a better coach last year for losing to MSU. Can we now get rid of this over-priced prima-dona? Alabama is becoming the laughing stock of the SEC because of the foolish price that was paid to bring this guy in so the University could lose football games."

"4 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS????????"

"Lets see what JPW thinks about sitting on the sideline watching someone else play. Give him a reality check, put McElroy in the game."

"No Offense, JPW is not a college quaterback. He needs to be bench or the offense coach need to be replaced. JPW has cost Alabama 3 games with his reckless and dumb playing. I had great hopes for this team but it hs gone down the drain. The defense can not bail the offense out all the time. Saban for the team's sake bench John Parker Wilson."

"Princess needs to mature and stop giving games away with turnovers that produce oppostion scores. Perhaps the QB position needs to be opened up for competition. Of course, Textbook-gate doesn't help a below average offensive line either."

"what we have is a four million dollar Shula. coach Saban is just as hars headed as coach Shula was. Wilson should have been set down so he could see what the defence was doing,and the new quaterback would have a different count and they couldn't zero in on it . try a new play once in awhile. this was by far our worse game and the coaching sucked big time,if not for special team play we looked as bad as we could"

"All I could think of as I watched the QB, O-line, D-line and the vanilla play-calling was that I'm going to see all of this again against Auburn in two weeks--I just know it for a fact. Mark my words, with a special 'thank you for nothing' to Mike Shula, AU will win their 6th straight."

"At least Tiffin looked good."

"Be patient. We are building something special again. Wait till Saban gets his recruits."

"Grant and Lowe are adequate for some situations, but totally ineffective in short yardage situations. Jimmy Johns where are you? Play calling was easily worst of season. Why run a play action pass when it is obvious play will not be a run."

"I THINK THE COACHING STAFF HAS DONE GREAT IN EVERY DEPT EXCEPT COACHING JP WILSON. HE HAS IN MY OPINION GONE BACKWARDS. HE IS BETTER THAN THAT. HE CAN GET IT RIGHT THOUGH HE HAS THE ABILITY BUT MAYBE THEY NEED TO GET IN HIS HELMET LIKE SPURRIER DOES WITH HIS QB'S. "

"If JPW is going to make freshmen mistakes why don't we put in the real freshmen so he can't get experience, i don't think he could be any worse than the crap JPW does."

"It seems pretty unfair to grade the wide receivers when it really never appeared they were ever a factor in the game! It always helps to have a QB that can read progressions and throw ACCURATE passes!"

"It's not the coaching!!! Players are not the grade needed for SEC championship. RECRUIT RECRUIT RECRUIT"

"Let's remember the Process is far from over, but it is a process. Yes, big mistakes were made, but it takes a team to win and a team to lose. RTR!"

"Must have improvement on offensive line. Should have been able to score without having to pass at the end of the first half."

"not much to say..Croom deserved the win and Bama deserved the loss. All I can say at this point is that we can still blame this mess on Shula (his recruits). If Shula was still coaching at Alabama we would be further in the hole than we are now. Coaching has still made the difference in the season. It can only get better. People may say...what about his (Saban's) recruits that he brought in this year? Well, he started on January 4 and there wasn't much left to choose from. So he had to recruit defense and he will have to do much of the same this year. Along with getting a few on offense. The future is certainly brighter (based on the Saturday sidelines of want-to-be's). We have to be patient and admit that this season has to be a write-off. Even the good folks in Starkville said, we have to enjoy this one while we can, because the Tide will be back and it will be faster and stronger."

"Remember the first half of Duke last year? Didn't think it could get any worse...boy was I wrong."

"The defense basically gave up 3 points on their own...they played well enough to win this game easily. The offense...well, it's just a mess. No identity at all on offense...we can't do any one thing really well, much less be balanced."

"What Alabama fans need to understand is that we had 5 players that didn't play the last 3 weeks. Also when you have a offensive line that misses blocks you get a game like the last two weeks. Roll Tide"